Is there any way ?

[Matt]

Is there any way to filter out all this Arabic garbage that has flooded this
group?

TIA!

[Blueshirt]

Post by Matt
Is there any way to filter out all this Arabic garbage that has flooded
this group?

Yes... use a filter that blocks message ID containing <@groups.google.com>

[Matt]

Post by Matt
Is there any way to filter out all this Arabic garbage that has flooded
this group?

Thanks Blueshift!

[Nil]

On 29 Nov 2023 at 17:56:49 CET, ""Blueshirt""

Post by Blueshirt

Post by Matt
Is there any way to filter out all this Arabic garbage that has
flooded this group?

Yes... use a filter that blocks message ID containing

Thanks Blueshift!

This group has (or had in past days) many participants who used Google
Groups. If you blunt-force filter out Google people you might find you
have also eliminated some names you expect to see. If so, you will need
to "whitelist" the good guys that you know.

I don't see any of this spam. I don't have any local filters to kill
that stuff, so I assume it's been done for me by my News service
(eternal-september) admin.

[Blueshirt]

Post by Nil
This group has (or had in past days) many participants who used Google
Groups. If you blunt-force filter out Google people you might find you
have also eliminated some names you expect to see. If so, you will need
to "whitelist" the good guys that you know.

I call it collateral damage... but yes, in theory you should whitelist the
good guys that post from G2... although in my experience they are few and
far between. (It does depend on the newsgroup though.)

[pamina58]

Use novabbs.com It filters out the spam

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/thread.php?group=rec.music.beatles

Pamela

[Nil]

Post by Blueshirt

Post by Nil
This group has (or had in past days) many participants who used
Google Groups. If you blunt-force filter out Google people you
might find you have also eliminated some names you expect to see.
If so, you will need to "whitelist" the good guys that you know.

I call it collateral damage... but yes, in theory you should
whitelist the good guys that post from G2... although in my
experience they are few and far between. (It does depend on the
newsgroup though.)

This newsgroup has many Googlers. For example, in the past month, about
67 out of 95 posts come from Googlers, and they represent about 12 of
the most prolific posters. This is true of most of the non-technical
groups, like the music- and fan-related ones I read. If you blanket-
killfile all the Googlers here, there would be hardly anything left.
And, of course, if you use Google Groups, you have no ability to filter
anything anyway, so you're subjected to the junk your own Usenet host
allows. The best solution would be to use a better news service and a
"real" newsreader with filtering/killfile features. Unfortunately,
that's too technical or too much bother for a lot of people.

[Blueshirt]

Post by Nil

Post by Blueshirt

Post by Nil
This group has (or had in past days) many participants who used
Google Groups. If you blunt-force filter out Google people you
might find you have also eliminated some names you expect to see.
If so, you will need to "whitelist" the good guys that you know.

I call it collateral damage... but yes, in theory you should
whitelist the good guys that post from G2... although in my
experience they are few and far between. (It does depend on the
newsgroup though.)

This newsgroup has many Googlers. For example, in the past month, about
67 out of 95 posts come from Googlers, and they represent about 12 of
the most prolific posters.

Looks like they will need a newsreader and a NNTP service from next
February!!!

Goodbye Google Groups spam... and good riddance.

[geoff]

Post by Matt
Is there any way to filter out all this Arabic garbage that has flooded this
group?
TIA!

It's not Arabic. I believe it is Thai.

Filter post from Google Groups.

geoff